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Shop Regional Manager for Ireland, Scotland and Northeast
England. “Great opportunities are being presented at store
level and in training, development, opening new stores, driv-
ing the business and delivering expectations to individuals.
“In my job with The Perfume Shop, I have been able to
encourage development and growth in individuals. There
has been tremendous progress in that area, and the loyalty
and length of service in many of my teams is testament to
how much they appreciate who they work for.
“It is rewarding being able to work with a luxury product
that is available for every customer. Every customer can
come into The Perfume Shop and enjoy the experience of
being involved with a beautiful product.”
A beautiful product of a rather different kind will be
unveiled by the property arm of HWL in the next few years.
The Lots Road development in London is set to be one of
the capital city’s most sought-after addresses, featuring 800
luxury residential apartments in 13 buildings.
The development, designed by renowned architect Terry
Farrell, is right on the River Thames and will include two
towers of 37 and 25 storeys offering stupendous views
across Europe’s largest city.
The country’s most famous architect, Nor-
man Foster, who designed Hong Kong
International Airport, has also been
hired to draw up plans for Al-
bion Riverside, on the south
bank of the Thames. Various
other HWL property projects
include the award-winning
Montevetro, as well as Royal
Gate Kensington, Belgravia
Place, and the 3,500-apart-
ment Convoys Wharf,
overlooking Docklands.
Meeting daily needs
Rather less glamorous – but
vital to everyday life – are
the various infrastructure
projects held by Cheung Kong
Infrastructure Holdings Limited
(CKI) that, in total, amount to
GBP1.7 billion in investment.
The businesses include Cam-
bridge Water, owned by CKI, that
supplies approximately 300,000
people, and Northern Gas Networks
that owns the North of England Gas
Distribution Network (NEG) extend-
ing from South Yorkshire to the Scottish
border.
CKI has a 4.75 per cent interest in
Southern Water Group, a regulated water and
sewage company, and a joint venture with Hongkong Electric
that saw acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in Seabank Power
Limited, which owns and operates a 1,140MW gas-fired com-
bined cycle power plant near Bristol.
The final piece in the current UK jigsaw of interests is
Hutchison China MediTech Limited, the holding company of a
pharmaceutical and healthcare group based primarily in China.
Listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London
Stock Exchange, the company focuses on researching, develop-
ing, manufacturing and selling pharmaceuticals and health
supplements derived from traditional Chinese medicine and
botanical ingredients.
All in all a varied and fascinating portfolio which will be
expanded further as opportunities arise. But despite all the
ongoing acquisition, as employees readily testify, HWL is a
company only too aware that the most important factor
in virtually every corporate success story is the
human one.